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TUBERCULOSIS.
The following Table shows the number of new cases of
Tuberculosis notified, together with the number of deaths
registered:—
Notified
Deaths[
Males
Females
Total
Males
Females
Total
Pulmonary
26
32
58
19
15
34
Non-Pulmonary
6
7
13
4
1
5
Totals
32
39
71
23
16
39
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1930.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 (Section 176).
It was not found necessary to take any action under the
above during the year.
Treatment for cases of Tuberculosis is under the control
of the Kent County Council, and during the year the
following number of patients from this District have
received treatment:—
Number receiving sanatorium treatment 94
Number receiving dispensary treatment 94
Dispensary supervision only 353
INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL.
Cases of Infectious Disease from this area are admitted
to the West Kent Joint Isolation Hospital.
LABORATORY WORK.
Bacteriological work in connection with this District is
carried out at the County Laboratory. Maidstone, and
during the year the following number of specimens have
been examined there:—
Positive
Negative
Total
Swabs for Diptheria
...
5
5
Sputa for Tubercle
47
47
Swabs for Haemolytic
Streptococci
5
69
74
Faeces, etc. for Dysentery
38
98
136
Totals
90
172
262